Petrophysics of triple porosity tight gas reservoirs with a link to gas productivity

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North American Regional Meeting 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 525-541

  Hui, Deng ^a   Leguizamon, Javier ^a   Aguilera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; FLOW UNIT; GAS PRODUCTIVITY; INTERGRANULAR; LOG INTERPRETATION; MICRO-FRACTURE; NET STRESS; PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PETROPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PETROPHYSICS; POROSITY MODELS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ROCK SAMPLE; SIMULATION STUDIES; THIN SECTION; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS SANDSTONES; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

CHARACTERIZATION; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; SANDSTONE; WELL LOGGING;

POROSITY;

EID: 79960987089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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